Level 1, although also a guestroom floor,
provides access to the private gym, internal
landscaped courtyard, swimming pool and pool
bar. Levels 2-5 accommodate the rest of the King,
Double/Double and Junior Suite Guestrooms.
Levels 6-8 are exclusively for long stay guests
in the Marriott Executive Apartments (MEA) as
1-bed, 2-bed or 3-bed configurations which mimic
residential units replete with separate kitchens
and lounges. The MEA guests have access to the
same facilities as the hotel guests, but access for
guests to Levels 1-5 or 6-8 is strictly electronically
access controlled.
A central corridor with dual loaded apartments
forms the spine of the OoW Apartment building.
The eight levels of apartments range from studio
and 1 bedroom, to larger 2 and 3 bedroom offerings.
The ground floor hosts the primary access
and concierge where residents and visitors can
access directly off Whiteley Road. Two more
central cores punctuate the building connecting
all eight floors to the secure, multi-level parking
facility, providing quick and direct access.
Façade
Off-shutter concrete and anthracite tinted glazing
feature prominently in the aesthetic of the hotel,
which frames the silhouette of the building at roof
level, as well as a horizontal distinction between
the public spaces below and the guestrooms
above. Dramatic eight storey high shear concrete
walls create visual bookends to the hotel, and
visually separate the Hotel from the Apartments.
The SE corner double glazed unitised curtain
wall inclines outwards at 3.5° with the floorplate
increasing accordingly, while the NE corner curtain
wall is vertical. The ground floor has a combination
of folding stacking doors, sliding doors, weathertight
vestibules, frameless glass shop-fronts,
atrium skylights, and a 23m wide by 9m tall
cantilevered glass and aluminum porte cochère.
This theme of expressed raw materials continues
internally in the smoked glass balustrades,
feature stair and scenic lift, as well as copper wall
cladding and wrought iron doors with alternating
glass fretwork.
Vertical and horizontal lines to the OoW
Apartments are accentuated with the use of a
wrap-around aluminium canopy at ground floor
and a beveled off-shutter crest at roof level,
These features further delineate the functions
happening within the building. The ground floor
showroom is deluged with light from the 7m
high frameless glazing system. Similarly, floor-to-
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